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 Post subject: 'cute'
PostPosted: Sun 21 Apr 2013 4:08 pm 
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Chonaic mé an fhístéip seo http://www.wimp.com/babycutest/ agus ansin thosaigh mé ag smaoineamh ar an bhfocal 'cute'. Úsáidimse 'gleoite'; cad faoi dhaoine eile?

Nílim ag smaoineamh faoi 'cute' as in sly i mBéarla. Is rud deas é.

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 Post subject: Re: 'cute'
PostPosted: Sun 21 Apr 2013 4:22 pm 
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My Irish-born friends use "cute" as Bearla as you would use glic as Gaeilge
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Bríd Mhór
 Post subject: Re: 'cute'
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Yeah "gleoite" nó "dóitín".

I think there is a difference in meaning in calling a baby "cute" and the "clever" meaning.

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 Post subject: Re: 'cute'
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My point was that we Americans called babies, dresses, puppies cute but that when my Irish friends used it they meant someone who was sly, and it wasn't a compliment.
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Bríd Mhór
 Post subject: Re: 'cute'
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beagle wrote:
My point was that we Americans called babies, dresses, puppies cute but that when my Irish friends used it they meant someone who was sly, and it wasn't a compliment.


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Braoin
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Bríd Mhór wrote:
Yeah "gleoite" nó "dóitín".

I think there is a difference in meaning in calling a baby "cute" and the "clever" meaning.


gleoite, or dóitín don't carry that 'secondary' meaning of 'cute' as in a bit of a 'slíomadóir'
and I would second the word gleoite to describe a baby as 'cute'.

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